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NY was a blast at Hunter Mountain,
April 23 & 24.Your President helped
Marty, his brother and a friend, pour 4 of his great beers.Check out the video on the web site.

Another Learn to Homebrew Day
will be held May 17th, at Marty’s in Owego, which by the time of
this writing, was history.We had 11
students, with help from Ike & Ray.Doc’s
Homebrew contributed an American Pale Ale kit, so
there was no cost to the students.We
accidently used too much water, so the O.G. was 1.044, not the planned
1.051.It’s fermenting along, should be
ready to taste late June.

Summer Fests are coming up
soon.The NHC
in San Diego, there’s still room (6/11 – 13), Syracuse’sEmpire Brewfest
is June 26 & 27, Nick Martenson, Jim & Emily
Dabek, as well as a friend of Jim’s will be helping out.Join us if you can, but let me know ahead,
for free entry as a pouring volunteer, or maybe to work the Homebrew booth
along with some folks from SCBC.

Bob –SMASH Alt, his 1st
all-grain, with that Munich malt from John Bleichert at Water St. Brewing, and
all Altanum hops.Nice balance, well attenuated.Very well crafted, tasty beer, congratulations, Bob, you’re definitely
there!

James Dunn – Vienna Lager, this season’s
batch, similar to his award winner, wonderful malt flavors.He’s played around with the proportions of
Pilsner, Munich, and Vienna.4, 3, and 5
lb. respectively, this timeJim says
malt freshness is key.All Hallertau,
WLP833 Bock yeast.

Great beer, fun time. Thanks to Fil for allowing us to meet at the Brothers
2, great place, great beer, great food.

Don’t forget, if anyone wants to write a review of a pub, a brewery, trip,
etc, please do so, and send a copy to Josh and Me. We’ll get it on the
web, you’ll be famous. Next meeting is June, 10th at Brothers
2.